You’ll suppose that Robert Griffin III had discovered his lesson talking on the alleged “hate” that Angel Reese has for her caucasian colleague Caitlin Clark, however alas, right here we’re once more. RGIII beforehand confronted the wrath of the wifi when he took to X to current “proof” of Reese’s deep private disdain for Clark through the use of video clips of the 2 ladies competing exhausting to win in knowledgeable sport, one thing Griffin may not be conversant in.
Lately, Reese was introduced as one of many featured covers this yr’s wildly well-liked NBA2k26 online game, and per typical, the racist trolls went out of their solution to publish a few of the most racist and misogynistic reactions to the information. These reactions included photoshopping Reese off the duvet rather than a monkey. So unique.
Regardless of his previous transgressions, RGIII tried to return to Reese’s protection by posting a prolonged tweet that unnecessarily doubled down on this previous declare that Reese hates Clark. Moreover, he accused Reese of selling violence in opposition to his household, sexual assault in opposition to his kids, and harassment of his household and associates.
“Alright. This has acquired to cease. There isn’t any place for racism on this world. Whether or not you want a participant or not, Angel Reese ought to by no means be known as or depicted as a Monkey,’ he wrote in a publish to X. “I’ve been quiet on the Angel Reese entrance as a result of she shared a video that aided in my spouse, children, household, and associates receiving demise threats, threats of bodily hurt to my household and associates, and threats of sexual violence to my kids on social media and past. That may by no means be okay with me. I by no means attacked her or her household after I said and backed up with clear basketball proof that Angel Reese hates Caitlin Clark. It’s sports activities. Everyone received’t like one another.”
He went on to assert that members of Reese’s interior circle had confirmed she held contempt for Clark.
“Folks in Angel’s interior circle known as me and informed me I used to be proper and Angel Reese has grown to hate Caitlin Clark due to the media all the time asking her about Caitlin and being always in comparison with her,” Griffin wrote on X. Some individuals made it about race, however I by no means did and by no means will. As an alternative of changing into the villain in anybody’s story, I made a decision to only not. All that being stated, Angel Reese or any Black man or girl ought to by no means be known as or depicted as a Monkey. Ever.”
With “defenders” like these, who wants haters? If RGIII thinks that Angel’s video repost put his household in mortal hazard, what does he suppose Angel Reese has been coping with when males like him stoke the fires of racial rigidity? The decision is coming from inside the home! For her half, Reese opted for a extra succinct response to the previous baller’s disrespectful diatribe.
“Mendacity on this app when all people know the primary and final title of all people in my circle for clout is nastyyy work.”
Issues acquired so unhealthy for RGIII that Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s daughter Bernice King needed to fireplace up her Twitter machine to inform him to STFU and chill TF out. Not in these phrases precisely, however the vitality was clearly there.
“I agree. That’s why I recommend you name Angel Reese and cease posting about her,” she wrote.
Angel Reese’s mother additionally entered the chat to name RGIII a liar.
We don’t count on Robert Griffin III to study something or replicate on his actions, and that solely goes to point out that former ESPN author Rob Parker was all the time proper; the man is only a cornball brotha.